The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 2127
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
4:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2524
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.09° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.80° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.