The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 1969
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.51° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.06° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.