The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1929
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:55 AM
5:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 166.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.04° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.83° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 346.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.