The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 2057
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
10:08 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1659
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.09° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.