The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2002
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
3:29 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 330.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 197.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -23.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.71° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.07° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.