The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 1905
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
10:07 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.02° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.