The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -36
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.80° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.97° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.