The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.12° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.99° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.