The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
1:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.41° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.13° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.