The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2159
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2920
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 | 253.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.93° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.08° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.