The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2186
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
10:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3253
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 | 222.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.33° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.34° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.