The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 2053
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
10:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1609
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.80° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.95° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.