The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 2053
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.84° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.45° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.