The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.19° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.48° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.