The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
7:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 170.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 0.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.02° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.53° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.