The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2023
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
9:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1238
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 | 223.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.20° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.10° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.