The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% 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
2:45 PM
4:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 136.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.47° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.79° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.