The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1920
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
9:35 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 234.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.27° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.