The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 10, 1975
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
5:51 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 174.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.77° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.12° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.