The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1996
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 233.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.96° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.10° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.