The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1984
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
10:38 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 755
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 | 60.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 109.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.99° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.01° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.