The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 7, 2179
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
7:14 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3168
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.80° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.49° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.