The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
4:50 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1028
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 | 130.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 28.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.23° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.24° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.