The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1983
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
2:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 743
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 | 324.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.45° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.26° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.