The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 2050
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:02 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.50° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.49° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.