The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 2026
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
10:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1275
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 | 261.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.96° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.93° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.