The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2163
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
9:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.85° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.95° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.