The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 10, 2040
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
3:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.37° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.68° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.