The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2148
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
9:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2783
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.89° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.73° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| 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.