The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2002
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
2:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 319.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.33° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.88° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.