The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1953
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
11:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 372
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 | 276.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.95° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.80° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.