The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
7:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.88° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.79° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.