The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1970
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
9:12 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 33.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.18° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.44° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.