The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 2162
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2957
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.22° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.96° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.