The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2092
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
7:18 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2092
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 0.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 150.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.25° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.64° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.