The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 2004
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
9:31 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1003
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 | 220.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.01° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.31° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.