The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
4:19 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 181.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.23° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.