The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2144
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
10:51 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2735
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.98° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.79° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.