The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1941
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 224
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.26° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.80° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.