The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1936
Waning Gibbous
98.4% 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
7:29 PM
7:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 193.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.63° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.53° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.