The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
5:08 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 793
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.48° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.87° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| 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.