The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1929
Waning Crescent
39.6% 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
1:58 AM
12:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 282.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.58° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.