The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2080
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
9:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1943
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 | 223.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.85° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.16° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| 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.