The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 1937
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
3:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 202.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.54° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.30° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.