The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 2072
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
9:42 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1844
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 | 228.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.57° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.62° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.