The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2002
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
3:01 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 326.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.96° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.25° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.