The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:59 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -172
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.73° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.34° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.