The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 8, 2173
Waning Crescent
19.6% 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
4:33 AM
1:21 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3093
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 | 307.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.93° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.58° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.