The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2057
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
11:09 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1659
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.21° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.91° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.