The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1945
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
12:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 250.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.36° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.28° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| 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.