The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1911
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
10:35 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -147
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 | 52.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.