The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1905
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.66° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.02° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.