The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 7, 2111
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
5:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2326
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.21° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.79° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.