The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2051
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
4:33 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 338.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.43° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.95° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.