The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
5:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 156.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 14.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.76° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.