The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 2078
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
2:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 213.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.43° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.28° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.