The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2118
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
8:52 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2413
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.15° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.63° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.