The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
7:13 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 10.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.09° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.93° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.