The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.01° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.84° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.