The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
3:07 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.31° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.62° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.40° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.