The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1970
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:08 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 40.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.24° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.09° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.