The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
7:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 350.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.70° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.