The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 10, 1950
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
11:40 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.59° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.23° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.