The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1990
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
7:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:28 PM, is deepest at 2:11 PM and ends at 3:53 PM. Totality lasts from 1:49 PM to 2:32 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.54° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.