The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 7, 1966
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
9:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.66° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.58° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.