The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2075
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
11:42 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 252.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.79° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.86° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.