The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1928
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
10:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 62
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.21° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.46° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.