The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 2105
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
1:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2252
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.72° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.06° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.