The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2045
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:06 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 252.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.03° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.78° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.