The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1921
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
6:56 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.95° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.36° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.