The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1928
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
9:49 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 225.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.09° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.27° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| 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.