The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2138
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
2:15 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2659
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 | 322.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.83° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.10° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.