The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1900
First Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
12:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.05° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.27° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.