The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
1:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1461
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 | 98.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.78° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.66° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| 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.