The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2186
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
11:25 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3253
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.97° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.61° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.