The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 2049
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
12:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1560
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 | 79.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.65° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.28° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.