The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% 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
11:34 AM
2:01 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 360
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 | 100.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.88° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.36° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.