The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 1989
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
9:11 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 33.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.03° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.65° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.