The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
2:48 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 111.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.07° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.