The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1917
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
8:07 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:50 AM, is deepest at 2:44 AM and ends at 4:38 AM. Totality lasts from 2:00 AM to 3:28 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.09° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.