The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1988
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 255.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.38° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.03° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.51° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.