The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2071
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 80.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.35° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.