The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:39 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.71° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.67° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.