The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1931
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 100
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 | 257.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.88° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.11° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.