The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2043
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
2:46 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 202.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.98° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.42° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.