The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1939
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
9:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 219.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.44° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.58° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.