The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2051
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
3:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 333.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 200.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.68° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.14° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.