The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2194
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
9:19 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3352
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.25° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.74° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.