The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
2:43 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1633
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 | 119.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.49° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.32° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.