The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2073
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
7:58 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1856
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.21° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.91° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.