The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 10, 2016
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
6:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 160.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.06° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.34° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.