The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 2015
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
9:40 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 231.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.98° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.54° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.