The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1938
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 79.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.81° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.