The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 1989
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
7:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 818
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.15° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.84° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.