The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 10, 2019
Waxing Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
11:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.61° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.18° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.