The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
5:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 143.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.46° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.42° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.