The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1900
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
9:31 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.92° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.34° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.