The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
5:51 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1869
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.18° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.44° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.