The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2108
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
4:14 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2289
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.43° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.00° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.