The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2057
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
9:15 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1658
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.46° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.91° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.