The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1913
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -123
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.95° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.69° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.