The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
2:02 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3278
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.81° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.15° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.