The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 1975
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
2:58 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.80° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.55° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.