The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 10, 2020
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
8:41 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.85° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.27° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.