The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 2053
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
11:10 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1609
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.78° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.26° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.