The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
3:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.36° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.70° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.