The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2174
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
11:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3105
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 | 69.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.00° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.50° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.