The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1949
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
10:22 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 323
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.