The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1993
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:42 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 867
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.40° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.05° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.