The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1940
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 349.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.18° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.27° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.