The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 173.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 354.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.57° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.72° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.