The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 3, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% 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
2:17 PM
4:56 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 136.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.02° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.15° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.