The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 2182
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3204
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.80° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.