The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2018
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
12:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 281.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.57° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.57° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.