The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1947
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
9:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 298
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 | 220.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.63° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.91° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.