The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2108
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
2:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2288
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 | 307.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.02° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.84° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.