The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1901
New Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
7:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.95° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.