The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1932
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
8:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 112
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.25° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.69° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.