The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1978
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
8:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 682
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 | 27.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.54° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.92° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.