The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1921
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
5:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -25
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 | 354.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 176.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.29° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.