The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 1977
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
11:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.79° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.41° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.