The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 7, 2081
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.29° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.86° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.