The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 2067
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
1:15 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1782
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.59° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.62° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.