The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
4:44 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3414
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 | 140.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.55° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.76° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.