The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1907
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
1:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -197
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.20° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.04° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.