The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2013
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.62° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.