The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 7, 2165
Waning Crescent
16.8% 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
4:10 AM
2:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2994
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.15° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.06° / 0.81° |
| 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.