The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1967
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
3:17 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 335.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.84° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.42° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.