The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1921
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 302.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.52° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.50° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.