The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
4:25 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1399
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.49° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.17° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.