The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2148
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
9:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2784
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 | 223.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 296.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.79° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.67° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.