The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
2:03 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 101.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.87° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.65° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.