The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1920
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
9:31 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 218.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.49° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.78° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.