The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
1:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -184
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 | 96.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.64° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.91° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.