The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 1915
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
12:03 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -98
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 | 289.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.55° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.37° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.