The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1988
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:14 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 252.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.86° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.70° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.