The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2008
Waxing Crescent
2.8% 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
8:20 AM
7:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 19.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 143.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.60° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.04° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.