The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
3:32 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 26
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.60° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.37° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.