The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 2056
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 228.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.72° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.35° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.