The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 10, 1961
Waning Crescent
28.5% 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
2:57 AM
1:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 295.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.48° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.69° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| 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.