The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1905
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
8:32 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.93° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.02° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.