The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1970
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
6:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.13° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.46° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.