The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
4:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 132.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.46° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.57° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.