The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2080
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
9:33 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1942
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.61° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.25° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.