The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 10, 2078
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
3:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 192.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.69° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.28° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.