The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
6:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -110
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 15.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.09° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.07° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.