The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
11:51 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1176
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.38° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.41° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.