The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 223
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.16° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.79° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.