The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1981
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:05 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 29.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.71° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.98° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.