The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2045
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
11:28 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1510
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 | 280.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.83° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.90° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.