The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2147
First Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.39° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.67° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.