The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 2, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
5:06 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.07° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.88° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.