The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1926
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
1:10 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- 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 | 286.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.16° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.83° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.