The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2195
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
2:50 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.53° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.36° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.