The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
4:13 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 123.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.64° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.02° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.