The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1934
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
11:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 136
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.42° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.19° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.