The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1977
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 669
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 | 250.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.72° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.25° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.