The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1950
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.40° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.