The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
8:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 261
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 | 173.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.70° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.