The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 2008
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
6:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.09° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.23° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.