The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1948
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 289.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.40° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.67° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.