The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
4:47 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1733
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 | 130.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.37° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.83° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.