The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1937
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
10:46 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 174
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 | 261.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.87° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.25° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.