The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1918
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
10:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 263.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.13° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.61° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.