The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1917
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
9:07 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.71° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.21° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.