The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2048
Waning Crescent
32.5% 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
2:56 AM
12:22 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1547
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 | 290.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.26° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.66° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.