The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
7:33 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.13° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.52° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.