The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
6:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 163.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.28° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.71° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.