The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1958
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 434
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.09° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.45° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.