The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1917
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
8:00 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 325.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.38° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.90° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.