The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 2021
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
2:40 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.59° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.69° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.