The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2160
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
7:40 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2932
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 22.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 143.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.78° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.73° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.