The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 2108
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
2:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2289
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 | 312.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.70° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.62° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.