The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1985
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:38 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 226.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.32° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.87° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.