The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
6:14 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 153.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 15.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.02° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.54° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| 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.