The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 2076
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
11:46 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1894
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 | 65.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.08° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.12° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.