The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1923
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
8:46 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1
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 | 207.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.40° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.99° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.