The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
5:02 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 133.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.35° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.46° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.