The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1975
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.87° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.74° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.