The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2050
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
7:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.65° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.