The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 2066
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
7:25 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1770
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.48° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.28° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.