The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2079
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
11:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 64.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.63° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.18° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.