The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 1996
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
9:53 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 237.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.76° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.90° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.