The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
1:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 421
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.74° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.71° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.