The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2117
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
11:01 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2400
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.04° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.73° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.