The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1973
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
9:44 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 619
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.80° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.31° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.