The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
4:54 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1498
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 34.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 28.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.39° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.65° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.