The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1974
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:11 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 210.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.32° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.95° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.