The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2095
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
8:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2128
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.76° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.49° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.