The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:33 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 116.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.78° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.58° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.