The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
8:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 966
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 11.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.98° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.47° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.