The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1920
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
9:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -36
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.37° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.56° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.