The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 10, 1969
Waning Crescent
42.2% 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
2:02 AM
11:28 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.95° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.04° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.