The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 2011
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
12:37 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 83.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.90° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.53° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.