The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1945
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 273
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.49° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.13° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.