The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2042
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:25 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1473
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.88° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.