The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 1985
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
9:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.03° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.38° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.