The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 1915
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
9:19 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -98
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 | 224.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.95° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.59° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.