The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:27 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2437
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 | 101.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.88° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.85° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.