The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 2009
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
7:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 356.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.43° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.92° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.