The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2171
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
9:43 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3069
Events on this date
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.62° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.