The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
5:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 151.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.26° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.09° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.