The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 2083
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1980
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.10° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.19° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.