The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 2042
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:44 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 230.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.66° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.87° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.