The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1961
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
12:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 276.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.19° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.69° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.