The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2127
Waning Crescent
20.5% 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
3:23 AM
2:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2523
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.32° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.64° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.