The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 7, 2022
Waxing Crescent
41.8% 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
11:05 AM
12:05 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.29° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.60° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.