The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2010
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
10:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1076
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.61° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.63° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.