The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2069
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
8:17 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 333.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.81° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.01° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.