The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.69° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.31° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| 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.