The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
1:48 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.88° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.32° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.