The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
1:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1831
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.11° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.24° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.