The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2056
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
11:44 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 253.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.59° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.05° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.