The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
3:35 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.76° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.36° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| 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.