The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
4:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.55° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.88° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.