The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
1:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2067
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.48° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.54° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.79° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.