The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
1:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 102.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.41° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.05° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.