The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1913
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
8:27 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -122
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 | 26.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.20° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.69° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.