The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 2040
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
1:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1448
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 | 306.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.87° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.30° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.