The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1981
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
10:26 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 719
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.56° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.97° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.