The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1926
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.46° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.85° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.