The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 1974
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
8:50 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.02° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 155.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.