The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1950
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
10:49 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.57° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.