The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 10, 2189
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
12:41 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3290
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.71° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.69° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.