The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1917
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
8:23 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -73
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 | 207.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.36° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.04° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.