The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
8:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.90° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.73° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.5° |
| 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.