The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1953
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
12:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 372
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 | 288.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.06° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.97° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.