The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 1974
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
8:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 189.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.22° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.