The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1942
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 258.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.42° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.38° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.