The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2162
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
1:52 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2957
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 | 306.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.35° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.