The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1972
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:42 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 606
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.10° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.62° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.