The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
6:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2809
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 3.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.55° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.42° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| 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.