The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
2:52 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2908
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.98° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.45° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.