The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1950
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
11:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.55° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.07° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.