The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 1961
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 471
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.57° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.18° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.