The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1974
Waning Gibbous
89.8% 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
10:40 PM
9:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.53° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.75° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.