The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1956
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
1:56 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.73° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.93° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.