The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 2021
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
1:44 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 308.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.77° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.51° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.