The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1956
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 195.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.58° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.11° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.