The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
6:11 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.75° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.38° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.