The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 2070
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
4:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 193.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.58° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.