The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
9:51 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 240.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.09° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.98° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.