The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 1931
Last Quarter
49.8% 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
1:08 AM
11:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 100
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.43° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.27° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.