The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
7:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 171.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 355.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.05° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.