The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
3:10 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.88° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.31° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.