The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2008
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
9:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.32° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.84° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.