The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1942
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
8:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.05° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.80° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.