The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2077
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
7:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.56° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.57° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.