The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 1972
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
1:24 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 607
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.45° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.96° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.