The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1942
Waning Crescent
27.4% 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
4:06 AM
2:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 297.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.42° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.38° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.