The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 2056
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:49 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.93° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.36° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.