The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
5:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 150.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.87° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.72° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.