The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2189
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3290
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 | 254.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.54° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.38° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| 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.