The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 9, 2122
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
9:23 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2463
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.09° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.35° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.