The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 1902
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 158.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.05° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.80° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.