The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 1926
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:43 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 38
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 | 243.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.71° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.00° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.