The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
4:39 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 36.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.32° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.91° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.