The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1925
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
7:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 26
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 3:08 PM, is deepest at 4:41 PM and ends at 6:15 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.20° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.