The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 1940
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
8:30 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.82° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.35° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.