The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1924
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
4:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 13
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 | 342.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 188.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.07° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.64° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.