The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1904
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
12:36 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.86° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.09° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.