The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2092
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
8:20 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2092
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 25.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.26° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.45° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.