The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2051
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
2:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.59° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.77° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.