The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1913
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
3:19 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -123
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.76° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.35° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.