The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 1942
Waning Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
1:34 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.09° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.20° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.