The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1978
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.53° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.87° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.