The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 1913
Waxing Crescent
9.6% 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
10:04 AM
8:35 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -123
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.75° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.