The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1935
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
6:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 150
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. From Columbus, 38% of the Sun is covered at 11:16 AM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 166.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.27° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.88° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 196.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.