The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1962
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
8:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.81° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.79° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.