The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2113
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
11:48 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2350
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.33° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.29° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.