The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 2161
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2945
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.06° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 171.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.