The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 2072
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:18 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1844
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 | 241.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.68° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.76° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.