The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
4:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.21° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.45° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.