The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2083
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
10:28 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1979
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 | 235.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.41° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.24° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.