The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 7, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:29 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3180
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.92° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.77° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.