The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 1957
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 83.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.50° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.01° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.