The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1958
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
9:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.38° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.38° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.