The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2049
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
11:13 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1559
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.89° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.26° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.