The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
5:36 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 146.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 25.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.24° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.79° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.