The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Waning Crescent
10.0% 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
5:29 AM
2:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 323.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.04° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.59° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.