The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 1935
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
9:55 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 149
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 | 48.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.95° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.93° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.