The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1973
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 65.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.43° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.31° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.