The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1996
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
9:13 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 210.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.69° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.83° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.