The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1991
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 302.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.54° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.77° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.