The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 2100
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
4:24 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2190
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.51° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.47° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.