The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1999
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:54 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 282.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.07° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.12° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.