The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1959
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
7:24 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 446
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.64° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.