The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2132
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
11:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2585
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 | 252.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.81° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.95° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.