The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 1969
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
9:57 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 240.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.75° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.56° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| 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.