The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
2:14 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 104.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.49° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.25° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.