The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 2140
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
9:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2685
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.18° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.27° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.