The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2029
Waning Crescent
21.5% 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
4:09 AM
1:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1312
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.16° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.02° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.