The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2151
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2820
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 | 257.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.69° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.74° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.