The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1911
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
9:27 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.73° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.06° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.