The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 10, 2181
Waning Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3192
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.57° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.29° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.