The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 1932
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
8:12 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 113
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 | 23.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.73° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.07° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.