The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1992
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
11:04 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 855
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 10.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.84° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.69° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.