The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
4:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.58° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.21° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.