The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2031
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
7:44 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1337
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 | 193.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.29° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.37° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.