The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 1921
Waning Crescent
16.0% 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
4:21 AM
2:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 313.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.42° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.