The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 1999
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
11:24 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.88° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.61° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.