The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1939
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 252.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.57° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.