The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 7, 2011
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
10:39 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.01° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.06° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.