The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2008
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
7:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 141.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.97° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.67° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.