The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 7, 2146
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
4:13 AM
2:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2759
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.53° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.25° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.