The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 7, 2005
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
4:23 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1015
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.62° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.82° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| 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.