The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
6:05 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 9.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.17° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.18° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.