The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2019
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
9:38 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 41.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.55° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.