The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 1956
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
2:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 409
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.89° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.74° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.