The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2089
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2054
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 | 338.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 192.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.49° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.37° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.