The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 1983
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
3:50 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.23° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.45° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.