The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1929
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
4:51 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 347.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.45° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.97° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.