The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
1:16 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1225
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 | 100.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.12° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.08° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.