The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1948
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
4:41 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 353.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.67° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.97° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.