The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2098
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
11:19 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2165
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 | 66.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.81° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.