The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2080
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
9:48 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1943
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 | 235.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.40° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.30° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.