The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 2018
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
1:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 303.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.40° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.93° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.