The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2157
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
2:30 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2894
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.67° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.90° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.