The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1943
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
9:16 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 248
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.73° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.09° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.