The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2129
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
9:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.19° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.10° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.