The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
5:42 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 352.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.14° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.