The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 10, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
6:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
-
Mars, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 3.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.53° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.62° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.