The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 1939
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
9:52 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 240.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.08° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.50° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.