The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1922
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.12° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.42° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.