The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
5:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 793
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 22.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.36° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.73° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.