The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2198
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
6:55 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.31° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.46° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.