The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2053
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1609
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 | 249.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.45° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.10° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.