The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
4:51 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.81° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.08° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.