The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 1937
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:28 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.89° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.11° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.