The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
5:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2438
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.45° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.59° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.