The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1918
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
3:11 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.56° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.85° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.