The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2129
Waning Gibbous
83.6% 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
10:15 PM
9:47 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2549
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 | 227.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.79° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.04° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.