The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 1984
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 756
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 | 73.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.50° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.04° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.