The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 10, 2012
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
8:39 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 216.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.26° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.86° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.