The Moon on this date

Moon on Sunday, February 10, 2075

Waning Crescent

26.1% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
29°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
26.1%
Age
24.9 days
Distance
367,100 km
Apparent size
32.5′
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Lunation number
1881

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

  2. Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

Exact values

For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun298.76°
Phase angle118.60°
Illuminated fraction26.06%
Altitude / azimuth11.4° / 229.8°
Right ascension / declination17h 21m / -20.29°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude260.84° / 2.83°
Libration in longitude / latitude-2.02° / -2.82°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-120.17° / -0.77°
Position angle of the axis2.8°
Position angle of the bright limb95.2°
Apparent magnitude-9.0

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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