The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1916
Waxing Crescent
16.6% 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
10:12 AM
9:50 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 47.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.07° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.72° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.