The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
7:56 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 194.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 328.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.83° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.02° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.