The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1955
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:34 AM, is deepest at 7:32 AM and ends at 9:31 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 347.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.04° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.