The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2138
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
4:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2660
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 183.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.02° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.10° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.