The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1945
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
2:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 307.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 208.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.00° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.13° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.