The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1929
Waning Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
12:39 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 292.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.37° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.04° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.