The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1955
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
8:04 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 200.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 321.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.64° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.33° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.