The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1902
Waning Crescent
22.0% 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
3:43 AM
1:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.14° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.87° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.