The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1997
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
7:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 15.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.35° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.31° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.