The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1980
Last Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:02 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.59° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.13° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.