The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2048
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:34 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.10° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.69° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.