The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1908
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
11:13 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.37° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.06° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.