The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2154
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2857
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 | 288.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.37° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.81° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.