The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:33 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.50° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.36° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.