The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1901
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
9:38 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -271
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 | 236.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.25° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.06° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.