The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1994
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.12° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.