The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:38 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 117.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.44° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.45° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.