The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 2099
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:58 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2178
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.02° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.83° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.