The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1994
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
5:26 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 349.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.14° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.74° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.