The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2091
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
9:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 219.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.39° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.63° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.