The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:59 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 140.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.21° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.57° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.