The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1919
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -49
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 | 80.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.61° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.61° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.