The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 10, 2017
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
7:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:33 PM, is deepest at 7:43 PM and ends at 9:53 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.16° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.58° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.