The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 9, 2172
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
7:46 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3081
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 348.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.75° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 345.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.