The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1951
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
9:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 348
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.06° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.