The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 2003
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.51° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.40° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.