The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 2187
Waning Crescent
0.6% 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
7:16 AM
5:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3266
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 176.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.30° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.84° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.