The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1902
Waning Crescent
30.4% 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
2:52 AM
12:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -259
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 | 293.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.26° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.69° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.