The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
7:36 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 190.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.68° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.60° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.