The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1918
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.06° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.45° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.