The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1974
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
9:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 203.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.06° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.62° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.