The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
4:31 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2239
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 | 136.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.49° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.63° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.