The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:32 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 136.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.94° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.99° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.