The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 1929
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
3:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 197.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.66° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.97° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.