The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2034
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1374
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.99° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.47° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.