The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2302
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 | 107.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.36° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.00° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.