The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2154
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
2:37 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2858
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.84° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.96° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.