The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
6:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 167.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 1.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.25° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.