The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1930
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
10:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 88
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.55° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.06° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.