The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 1928
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
9:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 63
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.73° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.13° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.