The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1970
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
7:56 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 19.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.38° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.64° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.