The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2165
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
2:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 306.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.73° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.25° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.