The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 2007
Last Quarter
47.3% 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
1:35 AM
11:07 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1040
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.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.89° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.45° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.