The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1904
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -235
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 | 255.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.09° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.97° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.