The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:27 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.30° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.52° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.