The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 458
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.45° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.88° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.