The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1923
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.01° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.77° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.