The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1921
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
7:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.07° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.17° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.