The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2146
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:56 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.66° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.45° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.