The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1999
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 283.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.66° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.94° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.