The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2059
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:03 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.54° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.12° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.