The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1948
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
3:32 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 333.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.61° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.40° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.