The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 2061
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
9:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1708
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.19° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.65° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.