The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1923
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
12:43 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1
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 | 286.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.88° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.89° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.