The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
4:41 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 39m / 25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.25° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.93° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.