The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 2099
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
9:24 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2178
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.86° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.96° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.