The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 1, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
7:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.26° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.86° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.