The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 2054
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
7:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1621
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.78° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.72° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.