The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2052
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1596
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 | 81.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.25° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.