The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1964
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
1:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 508
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 | 304.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.42° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.27° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.