The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 10, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1399
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.46° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.90° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| 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.