The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1993
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
7:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.92° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.