The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1965
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
11:01 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.57° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.65° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.