The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1948
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
4:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.47° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.59° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.