The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2050
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
8:01 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 200.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.14° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.15° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.