The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 1903
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
11:00 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.61° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.40° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.