The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 2011
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
11:51 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.52° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.