The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 10, 2183
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
8:43 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3216
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.55° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.64° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.