The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2099
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
9:30 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2177
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.41° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.06° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.