The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2075
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
12:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1881
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 | 285.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.54° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.00° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.