The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 1964
Waning Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
12:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 508
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 | 293.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.53° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.09° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.