The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
5:38 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 147.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.66° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.93° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.