The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1940
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
6:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 12.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 154.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.21° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.35° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.