The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 2, 1951
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
1:31 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 347
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 | 310.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.98° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.60° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.