The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1983
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
2:09 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.68° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.07° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.