The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 187
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.72° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.56° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.