The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
1:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 286
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.21° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.31° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.