The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1997
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
8:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 29.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.43° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.12° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.