The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 1991
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
12:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.64° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.42° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.