The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1940
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 295.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.40° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.14° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.