The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2151
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
12:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2821
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.33° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.86° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.