The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
2:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 111.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.28° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.83° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.