The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:54 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1597
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.39° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.41° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.