The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2007
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.91° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.13° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.