The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 2089
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
4:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 184.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.85° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.75° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.