The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 1988
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
10:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 805
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.17° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.47° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.67° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.