The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 1931
Full Moon
99.7% 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
5:30 PM
7:47 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 100
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.53° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.71° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 327.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.