The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2056
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
12:03 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.09° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.01° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.