The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
7:04 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 163.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 7.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.19° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.30° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.