The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1985
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
10:02 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 235.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.31° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.66° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.