The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 9, 2181
Waning Crescent
21.6% 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
3:46 AM
1:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3192
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 | 304.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.12° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.11° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.