The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 1951
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
7:42 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 348
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.08° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.44° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.