The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1985
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
9:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 221.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.73° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.51° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.