The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1966
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
10:08 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 236.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.03° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.85° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.