The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
4:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.07° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.72° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.