The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1972
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
11:44 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 283.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.71° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.60° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.