The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1973
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
11:56 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 619
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.96° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.