The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2042
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:47 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1472
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 321.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.57° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.80° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.