The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
4:44 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 323
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.93° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.30° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.