The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1906
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
7:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:56 AM, is deepest at 2:46 AM and ends at 4:36 AM. Totality lasts from 1:57 AM to 3:35 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.94° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.66° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.