The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1932
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
1:37 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 112
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 | 312.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 214.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.12° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.78° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.