The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1901
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.06° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.21° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.