The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
1:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2907
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 | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.66° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.24° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| 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.