The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 1993
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
8:10 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 867
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 | 204.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 1.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.30° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.92° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.