The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
8:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 197.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.91° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.94° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.