The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1948
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
6:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 6.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 158.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.22° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.02° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.