The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:25 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 102.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.49° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.75° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.