The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
9:27 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 327.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.94° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.80° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.