The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 1904
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
1:21 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 232.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.37° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.26° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.