The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1958
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:55 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 434
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 | 240.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.85° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.30° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.