The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 2010
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 309.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.39° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.57° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.