The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2078
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
1:43 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 310.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.92° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.90° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.