The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 8, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% 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
1:36 PM
3:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3279
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 | 125.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.95° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.22° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.