The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 1946
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 70.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.96° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.64° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.