The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1937
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
2:02 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 314.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.64° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.30° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.