The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2110
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
9:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2314
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.62° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.23° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.