The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 1929
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
3:49 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.10° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.78° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.