The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2109
Waxing Crescent
45.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2301
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 | 84.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.72° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.11° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.