The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
1:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 103.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 11.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.50° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.