The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 1945
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
4:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 273
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.03° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.51° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.