The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 1928
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
8:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 202.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.11° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.99° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.