The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2069
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:50 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1807
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 | 219.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.68° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.07° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.