The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 2015
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 242.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.92° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.69° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.