The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
6:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 694
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 5.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.20° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.14° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.