The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 2005
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
8:20 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 24.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.63° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.59° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.