The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:24 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2302
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.16° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.16° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.