The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 1909
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
9:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -172
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 316.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.10° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.34° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.