The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
2:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 113.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.87° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.17° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.