The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 1950
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
10:05 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 335
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.21° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.76° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.