The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1959
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
9:12 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 34.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.42° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.55° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.