The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1951
Waning Crescent
9.5% 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
5:51 AM
2:39 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.63° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.78° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.