The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
3:50 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2907
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.29° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.95° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.