The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
5:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.38° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.65° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.