The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
6:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1869
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 3.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.50° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.30° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| 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.