The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1943
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
4:30 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 248
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 188.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.41° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.76° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.