The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1963
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:18 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 496
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.81° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.88° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.