The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1994
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
2:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 215.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.68° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.55° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.