The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 1909
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
9:30 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -172
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 | 216.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.96° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.48° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.