The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2148
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
10:06 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2784
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 | 234.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.63° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.82° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.