The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
5:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 150.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 21.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.18° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.85° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.