The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2005
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 0.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.17° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.21° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.