The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 1999
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
1:09 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 294.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.67° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.12° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.