The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2186
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3254
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 | 252.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.20° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.42° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.