The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2019
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
9:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.47° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.19° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.