The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1900
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
10:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.15° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.