The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2154
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
1:31 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2858
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.69° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.78° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| 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.