The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1947
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
10:03 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.07° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.05° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.