The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 2062
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
4:06 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1720
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.00° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.04° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.