The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:11 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 160.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 10.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.08° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.51° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.