The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2162
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.37° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.18° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.