The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 2002
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:44 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 220.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.77° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.70° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.