The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1912
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
8:28 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -135
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 | 190.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 335.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.53° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.