The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1954
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 384
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.78° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.