The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 2042
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:04 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 208.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 312.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.04° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.59° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.