The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
8:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 731
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 | 197.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.56° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.68° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.