The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
1:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3242
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.24° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.11° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| 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.