The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
2:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1597
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 | 115.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.46° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.26° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.