The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
2:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.23° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.28° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.