The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 132.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.16° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.67° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.