The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1910
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
4:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -160
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.59° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.16° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.