The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
4:04 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.46° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.16° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.