The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2062
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
3:20 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.49° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.24° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.