The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1993
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
9:07 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.51° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.26° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.