The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 119.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.11° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.