The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2059
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
1:27 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1683
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 | 306.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.01° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.10° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.