The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2140
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2685
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.05° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.43° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.