The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 2, 1942
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
8:15 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 328.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.94° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.66° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| 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.