The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1918
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
4:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.49° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.69° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.