The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 2146
Waning Crescent
3.1% 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
6:06 AM
4:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2759
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 190.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.14° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.63° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| 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.