The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 6, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
5:19 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 28.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.92° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.51° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.