The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -210
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 | 156.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 16.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.47° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.41° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.