The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 8, 2178
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
10:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3155
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.85° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.88° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.