The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
1:59 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 312.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.13° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.40° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.