The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
1:46 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 98.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.57° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.