The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2086
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
11:55 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 276.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.30° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.27° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.