The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1976
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.71° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.36° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.