The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 2081
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
5:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.44° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.57° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.